| Emőke Jolán Erzsébet Szathmáry | |
| Birth Date: | 25 January 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Hungary |
| Citizenship: | Hungary Canada |
| Fields: | physical anthropology human genetics |
| Workplaces: | Professor, Dept Med Genetics and Biochem, Univ Man, Winnipeg, 1996- Prof, Dept Antrop, Univ Man, Winnipeg, 1996- Pres & Vice Chancellor, Univ Man, Winnipeg, 1996–2008 prof biology, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, 1994–1996 prof antrop, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, 1994–1996 provost & vpres, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, 1994–1996 hon prof, Dept Zool, Univ Western Ont, London, 1989–1994 prof, Dept Antrop, Univ Western Ont, London, 1989–1994 dean, Fac Social Sci, Univ Western Ont, London, 1989–1994 assoc mem, Dept Biol, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, 1985–1988 chmn, Dept Antrop, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, 1985–1988 prof antrop, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, 1983–1988 assoc prof antrop, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, 1978–1983 asst prof antrop, McMaster Univ, Hamilton, 1975–1978 asst prof antrop, Univ Trent, Peterborough, 1974–1975 chair, Council Western Canada University Press 2007–2008 co-chmn, Adv Comm Diabetes, Man Min Health 2000–2003 exec Comm & bd Assoc Univ & Colls Canada 2000-200 JW Dafoe Found 1996–2008 Assoc Univ & Coll Canada 2007–2008 Manitoba Museum Found 1997–2006 Can Genet Dis Netwrk, 2003–2007 Prime Min Adv Com Sci & Tech 2005–2007 Ed-in-Chief Am J Physl Anthropol 1995–2001; Ybk Physl Anthropol 1987–1991 exec Comm Am Assoc Physl Anthropol 1987–1991, 1995–2001 Hum Biol Council, 1985–1989 pres Hum Biol Council, 1990- 1992 Can Assoc Physl Anthropol 1975–1979 |
| Alma Mater: | University of Toronto, BA anthrop 1968, PhD anthrop 1974 |
| Known For: | genetics of the indigenous peoples of North America, focusing on the causes of type-2 diabetes, the genetic relationships within and between North American and Asian peoples, and the microevolution of subarctic and arctic populations. Her field research involved Ottawa, Ojibwa and Dogrib peoples in Ontario and the Northwest Territories.[1] |
| Awards: | LL.D. Univ Toronto, 2001, York Univ, 2008 & McMaster Univ, 2008 |
| Footnotes: | [2] |
Emőke J.E. Szathmáry, (born January 25, 1944, in Hungary) is a physical anthropologist, specializing in the study of human genetics. Dr. Szathmáry served as the 10th President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Manitoba, 1996 - 2008.
Dr. Szathmáry's first administrative post was as chairman of the department of anthropology at McMaster University, a position she left to become Dean of the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Western Ontario. She left this position to serve as provost and vice-president (academic) at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, before going to her position at the University of Manitoba. Szathmáry was appointed a member of the Order of Canada in 2003. In 2004, she was named one of Canada's top 100 most powerful women by the Women's Executive Network and the Richard Ivey School of Business. In 2005, she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She was named also as a Distinguished Lecturer by the American Anthropological Association, which is the highest recognition given by the anthropological discipline for a lifetime of exemplary scholarship.